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| Robert |
October 10, 2008 07:17:20 |
| Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Al Gore is in for one "Hell" of a surprise ! |
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| Ryan |
October 9, 2008 12:18:59 |
| I know that global warming is a propaganda machine and uses scare tactics to intimidate people into falling for a farce. The earth has and will continue to go through natural cycles of warming and cooling. And there is nothing that we can do about that. |
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| Mark |
October 7, 2008 03:51:06 |
| I sincerely hope the government enacts effective legislation to combat global warming. The majority of peer reviewed journals on the subject agree that it is a reality - it would be folly for humanity to not react. |
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| Dean |
October 6, 2008 20:01:03 |
| God is in complete control, he controls the weather also. I am confident of his love for us and do not fear from Global Warming. |
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| orville |
October 3, 2008 01:17:04 |
| Global warming as what I have known is very hazardous to man. Perhaps, it will be the cost of the future destruction.Primarily, I believe that the wrong use of man's mind and pride are the root causes of this problem. Firmly, the only way for our safety is to pray to GOD and ask for guidance and intercession of our holy MOTHER MARY. |
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| AndyO |
September 29, 2008 07:52:11 |
| Dear fellow inhabitants
Global warming may be real however the cause and effect of global warning has been hijacked and politicized by politicians for the purpose of greed and power. There is no science just a consensus of scientists who say there is global warming. Since when does consensus over ride true science. Before anyone debates this issue they should understand the meaning of science, versus consensus of scientists.
I am 52 years old southern Californian and when I was a youth I lived through day after day with my
lungs hurting when I drew deep breaths because of smog. I remember days when you could not see the local mountains less than 5 miles away day after day because of smog. The scientific consensus of the day stated we were creating a new ice age because the earth was cooling, because smog created an umbrella effect shading the rays of the sun.
In 40 years the scientific consensus has gone from ice age to global warming? With my limited amount of science background, I am a engineer by profession I use reason to come to this conclusion: The last 20 years of my life I have seen the same mountains with blue skies almost every day because of the awareness of the cause of smog and its effect on the environment and most
of all the health effect on us. Southern California has become a healthier place to live, clean air ect... because of the changes to arrest pollution emmissions. The by product being cleaner blue sky thus reducing the umbrella effect and allowing the rays of the sun naturally to warm up our planet. The planet is healing itself with the help of us being environmentally conscience. I do not want for us to return to the days of the umbrella effect that is far more harmful than the suns natural effect on the earth.
My final thought on the so called global warming is a natural effect to being environmentally conscience.
This is not science this is just my reasoning based on 40 years of being aware of causes and effect on nature. We do not need politicians to hijack this great advancement to promote hysteria to the uninformed or unreasonable. Thank you.
Peace
AndyO |
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| bill |
September 28, 2008 10:08:30 |
| I really don't believe in global warming, all things are held together by god himself, nothing takes place with out his approval so why should we as Christians not trust in his wisdom? we don,t always understand something as in the way of job, but we know all things work out unto them that trust in the lord and not to our own wisdom. |
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| Ted |
September 24, 2008 08:48:05 |
| Global warming is a reality. I believe from reading scientific analysis that it is both a natural and a man-made phenomenon that urgently and seriously needs to be addressed. While man isn't entirely responsible for global changes we have certainly added to them and have aggravated the delicate balance of nature because of our extensive and ever growing use of fossil fuels and their emissions. It is a global concern an must be addressed on a global scale. |
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| Debbie |
September 20, 2008 09:24:51 |
| It sucks. Someone or somebody should do something about it before the animals like the polar bears and other animals go into extinct. I hate to see any animal die because of no food. Lately I've seen pics of Alaska, Antarctica plus others and in 1994 I was in Alaska there was alot of snow and ice. Now, there isn't as much snow and ice like there was in 1994. It's sad. I think congress should actually do something about global warming. Stopping the factories that are giving off pollutants could stop the global warming and polluting the air could also stop the smog which is bad to breathe. |
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| Patricia |
September 16, 2008 04:14:13 |
| I think congress should actually do nothing. I don't believe that global climate change is caused by nor can be stopped by mankind. We should always be stewards of the earth as God intended but to think that we can somehow change the natural changes that occur is absurd. All the policy ideas that politicians have will do nothing but increase taxes and create a financial burden on the people of this world. |
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| Nunzio |
September 12, 2008 10:47:32 |
| Manmade global warming is one of the biggest hoax of the 21st century. It's really a ploy for global government and controlling the world economies (especially America's).
The same socialists were trying to scare us with
a "nuclear freeze" in the 70's.
You won't see the jet-flying liberals cutting back on their lifestyles. The use of fossil fuels
for now, is vital to help the third world out of poverty. |
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| Daniel |
September 10, 2008 04:13:06 |
| Is anyone communicating the positives of global warming? Global warming is becoming synonymous with negativity. |
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| Ileana |
September 9, 2008 19:22:08 |
| I would like the propaganda concerning global warming to end. Every country has a responsibility to to be a steward of God's creation, not just the United States. Why haven't see seen both sides of the opinions? Why is the face of global warming Al Gore? Where is true science? |
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| hohn |
September 8, 2008 17:32:05 |
| I do not believe in global warming or cooling is man made, it is only natural weather variations and man should not monkey around with mother nature. |
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| Devon |
September 8, 2008 06:05:42 |
| Human-driven global warming is real, and a threat to the lives and well-being of millions world wide. No reputable scientific organization denies the reality of this threat, only those with an economic/political agenda. Governments must act immediately to curtail the emission of greenhouse gases and provide incentives for the development of alternatives to fossil-fuel energy sources. |
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| CATHERINE |
September 4, 2008 11:17:01 |
| GLOBAL WARMING: PROPAGANDA CREATED TO ENSURE MORE GOVERMENT CONTROL AND MORE MONEY INTO "THE ELITE" CLASS OF PERSONS WHO GAINS A FINANCIAL PROFIT. I believe that the concern of Global Warming is one sided. We hear certain scientist say yes...where is the other side? Or does the whole science community of the world agree, that the earth is melting away? Global warming sounds more like a theory then fact. But then again our country bases it's decsion alot on theory instead of facts. Take for example Evolution over Creation. Evolution, is a theory, but is accepted as truth in our schools and our society, and Creation, which is truth, can not be taught, nor mentioned in our society??? What's that all about. I believe in the earth's cycles. We are in one of those cycles right now. God is in charge, not man or governments. Come out into the sunshine of my country non-urban life. Walk in my forest of trees and see my fields of corn, and know that God is good...I am a steward of this land. And I will continue to be so. Take responsibilty for where you are and thank God for all this. He is in Control! |
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| Karren |
August 29, 2008 12:20:17 |
| I do believe we may have some global climate changes, but we have had changes in our climate for thousands of years; this may be a period of warmness that we are going through. It's great that we are addressing the climate fluctuations by conserving trees, etc., but I don't believe it's necessary to send out "Chicken Little" warnings. After a while of the "sky is falling" rhetoric, who will believe any truths about climate warming or cooling? |
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| Tom |
August 25, 2008 04:22:49 |
| We should all be good stewards of the earth. We all have a duty to care for our part of the planet. However if there really is global warming, I don't believe it is man who is causing it. It may be cyclical and also a natural process. What I do know is that there are many politicians who want to use this to control our lives and create new taxes eg. the carbon tax. Another way to reduce our freedoms! |
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| jon |
August 24, 2008 22:24:21 |
| watch the film "the day after tomorrow" and you will learn a lot from that film. specially what the government must do. |
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| Zachary |
August 23, 2008 19:47:51 |
| Global warming is not created by humans, but is a natural cycle. It has happened before, and will always continue. What about the great glaciers that covered much of our continent during the Ice Age? They retreated, just as the Arctic ice retreats today, yet their retreat was not created by man burning fuel (it happened BEFORE CARS!!!)
Since the Dark Ages, our planet has experienced a Little Ice Age, which we are now coming out of, and entering into a warmer stage in the cycle. The great thing about human beings is that we adapt to not just some, but EVERY, climate type, and we WILL adapt to any change in climate. Please don't buy into the false religion of Man Made Global Warming. We must take care of God's Earth, but we must leave only to God the things that we do not understand, and indeed, all things. |
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| BILL |
August 21, 2008 05:15:04 |
| IT'S POLITICS! CAN ONLY BE ADDRESSED IF ALL NATIONS DISCUSS IT WITH NO COMPULSORY RULES. ANY RULE WOULD BE BROKEN. IF WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE TOO STUPID TO TALK ABOUT IT. |
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| Ed |
August 19, 2008 12:06:16 |
| The evidence of vanishing polar ice, and retreating glaciers are sufficient to accept the Global warming Problem for fact, and caused by human activity. If that was not enough the mere reality of the tons and tons of filth belched into the thin atmosphere that sustains life on this planet, that has been going on for the last 150 years in a strong concern. Add to that the decimation of forests, especially tropical and sub-trobical rain forest by burning to make way for human habitation, and farming and you have to be a complete fool to not see who it can create global warming. Ocean pollution is another major problem, and the massive floating plastic that covers a huge portion of ocean in the Pacific is enough wonder how God can not regret turning His magnificent creation over to humanity. |
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| Thomas |
August 15, 2008 14:08:00 |
| By the way, who are the leaders? Who leads NASA? Do they have an economic agenda? Who verifies their interpretation and presentation of THEIR facts?
Again, I do NOT WANT TO BE A LEMMING!! Except if it is to the credible leadership of Jesus Christ, Lord of Lord, King of Kings!!! |
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| Tom |
August 15, 2008 14:04:35 |
| My relatives are from the Show-Me State. Show-Me that man really, really, really caused global warming. When secular men like Al Gore hammer this one theme home to panic people, I worry. I worry that mankind will become lemmings and follow our ignorant Godless leaders off the cliff. Panic the masses and herd them???? |
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| Keith |
August 14, 2008 21:45:40 |
Global warming (if there is such a thing) is caused by the sun, so men can legislate all they want, and they'll not affect a natural phenomenon, that has occurred many times.
As others have said, the Church teaches that we are to be good stewards of the earth. That is the best we can do. Of course, large corporations don't care about that.
All this propaganda regarding man-made global warming is part of a scheme, to eventually place us all in a third-world status, but the logical (and evil) conclusion is to drastically reduce the earth's human population, by whatever means (abortion, contraception, wars, genocide, promoting ill health, etc). |
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| Ann-Marie |
August 13, 2008 18:43:27 |
| We should be kind to the earth; protecting it from pollution, but Global warming is a cyclical phenomena and here way before cars and jets. |
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| Fran |
August 13, 2008 13:23:21 |
| Regardless of whether or not our earth is warming-which it's obvious with the polar ice caps melting and the crazy storms increasing all over-we are NOT being good stewards of the earth that God gave us. We are all called to do out part, no matter how little, if that means replace old light bulbs with energy efficient ones or turning our heat down a few degrees in the winter, maybe growing our own garden, recycling, bringing our own bags to the grocery store...the list goes on. You don't have to have money to be a better steward and the earth was a gift, and can be taken away if we mis-treat it. |
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| Rafael |
August 6, 2008 10:21:06 |
| Global Warming propaganda is a Communist misinformation and Pope Benedict XVI was very clear about that. The Antichrist Obama and his Pro-Abortion Communist Gestapo will CHANGE USA into USSA - United Socialist States of America.
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| Mick |
August 5, 2008 20:44:53 |
| Global Warming is certainly not a hoax and nor is it theory - it is fact based on evidence, hard evidence. The science is there for all to see. Check out the NASA links for more information at:
http://globalchange.nasa.gov/Resources/pointers/glob_warm.html
Additional information from a 2 mile long ice core is available from Scientific American:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=ice-core-extends-climate
Global Warming and Climate Change is real, first, get use to the idea and stop misinterpreting the science.
Second, it is indeed God's intention that we should be stewards of creation. We have a duty to respect nature, not abuse it. The whole health of our planet depends on the way we respond to our natural environment.
Finally, the two main greenhouse gasses are carbon dioxide and methane - gasses mankind has been pumping into the atmosphere since the late 1800s. Any suggestion that mankind is not responsible is begging the question big time! |
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| Greg |
August 5, 2008 14:47:14 |
| global warming caused by pollution-pollution caused by greed-greed is sinful. Therefore sin causes global warming. |
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| walter |
August 3, 2008 10:44:13 |
| Just a worldly cycle. do believe in keeping world clean. People are trying to change what bible says that fire will end the world for judgment day. |
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| mary |
August 2, 2008 16:48:08 |
| Global 'warming' is just one more symptom of a very basic human condition, ie sinfulness or our rebellion against god's command to be good stewards of he earth. I would like to see very stringent restrictions of greenhouse gasses and our emergence by example as a world leader in the areas of conservation of our environment...since we didn't sign the kyoto protocol we should now exceed its requirements as an example to the world. |
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| ricky |
July 30, 2008 20:05:13 |
| god made the man so that his creation will be protected, but we destroy it, we cannot blame GOD because we ourselves are the destroyer.
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| ricky |
July 30, 2008 20:03:24 |
| god made the man so that his creation will be protected, but we destroy it, we cannot blame GOD because we ourselves are the destroyer.
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| Joel |
July 28, 2008 12:13:09 |
| It's an unusually cool summer so far here in Southern California. I guess the bunch of Marxists will have to call it 'Climate Change' this year. |
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| Joel |
July 28, 2008 12:06:10 |
| Global Warming is a ploy for global taxation and a redistribution of U.S. wealth and economic power. |
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| Lucille |
July 26, 2008 23:53:00 |
| If congress wants to address global warming they must first 'practice what they preach', and stop adding to the problem. I believe we could all be better stewards of the earth, and that needs to be taught, but not on this platform, a platform where environmentalist are trying to control everything and everyone. These same people, including Al Gore and speaker of the house, are both pro-abortion--anti-people, yet say they care about the earth. Something is wrong with this picture. NOPE. This is not the way we as Catholics need to approach a better answer to stewardship. We need to repent and follow Jesus, loving one another and the good things God has provided for us. I do not think politicians have the answers for this world's woes. |
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| Lucille |
July 26, 2008 23:47:42 |
| If congress wants to address global warming they must first 'practice what they preach', and stop adding to the problem. I believe we could all be better stewards of the earth, and that needs to be taught, but not on this platform, a platform where environmentalist are trying to control everything and everyone. These same people, including Al Gore and speaker of the house, are both pro-abortion--anti-people, yet say they care about the earth. Something is wrong with this picture. NOPE. This is not the way we as Catholics need to approach a better answer to stewardship. We need to repent and follow Jesus, loving one another and the good things God has provided for us. I do not think politicians have the answers for this world's woes. |
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| j |
July 26, 2008 06:38:53 |
| When Mr. Gore proclaimed he invented the internet. well..I do not believe in global warming either. |
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| Rick |
July 23, 2008 10:24:55 |
| I would like the Congress to not address global warming. There is no way to change the powere of the sun, so I do not feel we should address a problem which does not exist, namely "man-made" global warming. This is a good push for the Socialist/Communist movements |
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| Albert |
July 22, 2008 17:51:48 |
| I believe global warming is a hoax when claimed to be resulting from carbon emissions or human activity, it remains an assertion only developed by computer models and theoretical calculations. It has not been proven based on actual scientific evidence. However new data and scientific research continues and may very well prove that carbon emissions or human activity is an insignificant cause of global warming. It would be prudent to allow further progress with authentic scientific research since we only have up to 30 years of tracting with the past 9 years of serious study on this issue. When necessary and through God's grace mans' innovation, creativity, inventions will adapt. Remember when governments make ill informed decisions that form legislation the damage effects everyone and cannot be fixed easily or in most cases not for generations. As opposed to when Mr. Smith down the street makes a bad decision it only effects him. Our Heavenly Father borned us in His image and blessed us as stewards of this wonderful planet we call earth. It is absurd to think that the carbon dioxide every human naturally exhales has a damaging effect to our well being and planet. |
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| Robin |
July 22, 2008 00:21:28 |
| The number of people with closed minds boggles mine. There is plenty of scientific evidence that global warming IS caused by human activity. The number of scientists submitting evidence to support the case is much higher than the the few jokers in denial who get paid off to stir up the so-called debate. Wake up, people. Take responsibility for your world. How can you think you can continue to take from and defile our planet before it will give up? |
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| Dave |
July 21, 2008 23:30:34 |
| Man-made global warming is a politically driven hoax with no good scientific evidence. There is a good reason that Al Gore does not debate the subject. I think our focus should be on something we do have control over and that is the blatant pollution of natural resources such as dumping vast amounts of waste into rivers and oceans. That is where we can be better stewards of the earth as God intended. |
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| Nathan |
July 20, 2008 19:51:29 |
| Man-made global warming is a hoax supported by scientists looking for government grants and politicians hoping to appeal to the liberal masses. Who brought the last ice ages to a close? It certainly wasn't our SUVs. |
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| Tracie |
July 20, 2008 13:41:04 |
| I am more concerned about the preservation of humans in a healthy society that supports life - rather than supporting the environment at further cost to human life. |
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| John |
July 18, 2008 06:31:51 |
| Nothing. Global warming is the biggest ruse that has ever been pulled on the people of this planet...next to communism\socialism\fascism. Pollution is an issue, but global warming\climate change is another phony argument by which totalitarianists are trying to ply their grossly stupid ideology of "government know best what's good for you". If global warming supporters were so honest about their convictions, then how come I've never once seen a demonstration against Russia or China for the amount of pollution they spew into the atmosphere? They produce far more pollution than the U.S. does...yet we never hear of any complaints against their regimes on this issue. Oh, that's right, the U.N. claims the U.S. is the worst offender. Problem is I don't believe anything the U.N. says, or does these days because I often see news reports of Chinese walking around their horribly polluted infested cities with masks on (don't see that in the U.S. - except LA - which is run by left wing liberals). What about Russia drilling at will in ecologically fragile areas of their country and the North Pole? Nothing... not one demonstration...not one word of opposition. Proof that the global warming argument is a farce conjured up by socialists. This doesn't mean pollution isn't an issue...it is, but we should not take an idiotic approach towards designing a solution to this problem. |
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| Buz |
July 17, 2008 08:29:04 |
| I think it has no basis for its argument and I think its a scam to redistribute the wealth of Americans to other world economies, and line the pockets of politicians (Al Gore), corrupt governments, and scientists. |
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| Kevin |
July 16, 2008 17:51:41 |
| The earth's temp. has not increased since 1998. the climate has changed + or - through out History. Global warming as presented by those in Washington is a scam. |
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| Theresa |
July 11, 2008 10:44:34 |
| As a biologist (and a Catholic) I have to tell you that there are many studies of the effects of climate change on species range changes. These studies aren't done to prove or disprove global warming debates, but they monitor the movements of wildlife..Please look into the real science before making up your mind on this issue. I don't think God wants us to "leave it to Him." God left it to us! He gave us His creation and asked us to be stewards of it. We caused species extinctions/extirpations because of our own desires (i.e., passenger pigeons, wolves, other predators, etc.. And if we don't care for our resources given to us by God, how will we answer to Him for that? Why do we have a problem living sustainable? What is so bad about reducing our wasteful ways? Didn't Jesus live with a remarkably small "footprint"? Aren't we supposed to live simply like He did? |
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| Brian |
July 10, 2008 09:09:24 |
| The presumption that man is causing global warming is a hoax; there is no real scientifc evidence to support this concept. There are however "scientists" dependent on federal funding who claim global warming is man made, but there are many scientists who disagree with this "theory". This has been politicized by the likes of Al Gore. His sources and methods to reach his conclusions are bad science. |
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| Tom |
July 9, 2008 21:08:01 |
| Global warming is unsubstantiated junk science that historically appeals to emotions rather than to intellect. That said, alternative non-carbon energy forms msut be developed and current technology enabled (ie nuclear power). A move to electric cars is moot without the electricity to power them. Intelligent heads need to be found in government leadership, but this is unlikely. |
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| jake |
July 9, 2008 06:45:01 |
| a load of junk. |
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| frank |
July 8, 2008 16:03:46 |
| it is a natural cycle the earth is going through. Don't believe al gore. |
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| Rudy |
July 8, 2008 10:58:57 |
| Nothing, there is no global warming; it is a great big hoax perpetrated by the global elite to trick ill informed people into fear and giving up money and freedom. |
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| Brian |
July 3, 2008 13:18:51 |
| I would like the church to stay away from the issue at this point. I believe that the church should promote responsible use of resources, but the global warming issue is not supported by the facts as strongly as it needs to be for there to be action on it by the church. |
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| Frank |
June 30, 2008 13:13:57 |
| It is a natural warming of the earth. |
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| Jack |
June 29, 2008 07:12:21 |
| If you listen to Mr. Al Gore and his followers, we are destroying the world by driving our SUVs. I understand that there are more scientists that are debunking his theory then there are standing up for it. We can make our planet “dirty”, by not taking care of it, and this is wrong. But we are not causing a global warming. I tell people, and some get upset with me when I say that, “God created the world, God will destroy it. And when He does destroy the world, it won’t be because we are driving SUVs and polluting the atmosphere, but because we are polluting the morels of our society”. Mr. Gore and his band of followers are among those who are polluting the morels of our society. Abortion, gay rights, embryonic stem cell research and other legislation that are against God’s commandments will be the cause of the end of our world as we know it. If you look at what Mr. Gore stands for, in respect of morels, his record shows that he is pro-immoral. |
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| Jim |
June 25, 2008 15:38:20 |
The only global warming I would like to see is the warming to God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit! Give me a break, this is another ploy to distract us from what is really important, which is our soul's destiny to be with our Creator in Heaven for eternity. As St. Francis de Sales said when I was a child I thought that my toys were important, but when I became an adult I looked back on that notion for what it was; "child's play".
Let's keep the main thing the main thing which is eternity!
Oh yes, I forgot we are not allowed to mention a specific diety in Congress! Just tell Congress to keep up the good work for Satan. |
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| Nicholas |
June 25, 2008 11:25:45 |
| Politically motivated. God knows what to do. |
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| Dennis |
June 23, 2008 12:42:22 |
This is a "liberal smoke screen" to keep people from looking at the REAL sins that are rampant in our nation. Here is just one of many facts about global warming in my book The Plague Of Liberalism.
"But I think that some even newer data puts this issue to rest. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has reported that almost all the allegedly “lost” ice has come back. An NOAA report shows that ice levels which had shrunk from 5 million square miles in January 2007 to just 1.5 million square miles in October, are almost back to their original levels. And a Feb.18 report in the London Daily Express showed that there is nearly a third more ice in Antarctica than usual. Also, the photo of the polar bears clinging on to a melting iceberg, that was meant to tug at our hearts and which was offered as proof of the need to fight climate change and has been used by former Vice President Al Gore during his "Inconvenient Truth" lectures about mankind’s alleged impact on the global climate, was taken in August when melting is normal. And actually the polar bear population has soared in recent years. And the winter of 2007-2008 was one of the worst on record in many parts of the Earth, including in China, which saw its worst winter in 50 years and where many died as a result." |
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| David |
June 23, 2008 08:53:50 |
It is not the place of Congress to "deal" with "global warming". In the first place, it is not caused primarily by the activity of Man, but mainly by cyclical solar radiation issues, which have been charted by scientists for many decades, and which also have been shrinking the polar ice caps of Mars in recent years. (Shall Congress address that issue as well?) This activity is now leading us into a cooling cycle, such as we had in the late 1950's when ignorant fearmongers were warning of a new global ice age (I remember hearing these rumors as a child). In the second place, Congress has no constitutional authority to be trying to regulate the "environment, nor has it the competence.
Man can and does affect the environment. Like war, violent weather is a punishment of man for his sins, permitted by the Creator of man and the Author of weather. He may do it directly or indirectly. Sin causes societal disorders that cause people to demand oppressive laws to protect them from having done to them what they might do to others if given a chance. Such laws usually lead to collective (state) ownership of land, resulting in poor stewardship, depletion, and desert formation, among other calamities. We cannot know to what extent the activities of men can cause such things, but we can know that a Christian Social Order based on the Ten Commandments (the Source and Definition of the Rights of God and of Man) and the Golden Rule would produce a world that would require fewer laws, and provide greater freedom, respect for Man's life, liberty, property and other rights, and prosperity as well. We start by reforming our own lives in imitation of Christ. Don't expect President Bush (or McCain or Obama) or Congress to fix what is wrong. They are part of the problem, not the solution. Louis has it right. God knows what He Is doing. If we want to know what He is doing, we need to follow Him, as He invited us. |
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| Louis |
June 22, 2008 15:48:00 |
| NOTHING...GOD KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING |
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| Mary |
June 22, 2008 10:52:37 |
| It's just an issue the Democrats think they can take advantage of to win the Whitehouse. From everything I can understand, the science just doesn't support it. |
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| daniel |
June 21, 2008 12:59:34 |
| BIG HOAX |
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| John |
June 17, 2008 11:44:37 |
| More domestic drilling for oil! The "problem" of Global Warming is a hoax, just like the "problem" of the looming Global Freezing hoax of the 1970's. |
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| Dan |
June 14, 2008 07:07:51 |
| The science behind "global warming" and its causes is far from settled. I would urge the United States Congress to proceed with an abundance of caution. Not the pell mell rush to pass any kind of legislation as they did with the ethanol debacle. I believe that if we were able to follow the likely monetary gainers in this tableau it would cerainly go along way to answering the "settled" science. |
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| Roger |
June 13, 2008 06:18:16 |
| It's a hoax. |
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| bill |
June 12, 2008 10:03:31 |
| I believe in global warming, and cooling. I also believe that the Left is not interested in any debate on this issue (or any issue) and is only concerned with shoving their conclusions down our throat. |
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| Jason |
June 10, 2008 21:17:38 |
| Haven't scientists found that we are actually in a period of global cooling? "Global warming" is just another front for the socialists/communists who want more power. Our government is getting too involved in areas where they shouldn't be. It is becoming less and less "of the people, for the people, by the people." |
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| Charles |
June 3, 2008 07:12:27 |
| Man can not cause global warming. This is the biggest fraud made to the people of thw world. They are commonist types that want to controll everybody life from birth(if they allow you to) and death. The world has warmed before, see history books about the Vikings, the north pole was warm so was greenland. If we create the climate, they we could damage it. |
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| David |
June 3, 2008 05:51:04 |
We humans truly do not help the situation of "Global Warming", but we give ourselves way too much credit for things that happen in temperature variances on this planet. In the 1950's and 60's there were fear of a new ice age because global temperatures were on average 6 degrees cooler than normal.
The earth has always gone through cooling and warming periods, and if we look back far enough, scientists have found evidence of there not being any form of ice caps on the planet.
A volcanic eruption alone can change the entire globe's temperature in a matter of hours, and leave repercussions that lasts decades. Let us as humans get over ourselves and realize that we are not God. |
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| Sam |
May 30, 2008 14:07:33 |
Here's some much needed COMMON SENSE and REASONING on the subjest of Global Warming ?
The World has frozen over and melted ... EVEN much warmer than now many times before kind man walked on this Earth or drove a SUV we well know. We also know that Sun and Water account for 97 % of our Temps.
We know that our breath as do all things on earth make CO.2. And it keeps grass green and Tree's healthy.
The Earth is estimated to be 60 Million years old and the Universe is over a Trillion Light in size we know so far. We also know that MARS has no CO.2 and the temps are not effected since they stay steady.
{So} The insane IDEA that man kind can change our Temps 1 degree is moronic and those still believe in Global warming also still believe Al Gore "InVented" the Enter Net. |
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| Carla |
May 28, 2008 13:50:00 |
| Global warming ? How about global cooling, tornadoes, hurricanes and cyclones and earthquakes and volcanoes, they are getting more pronounced. It's probably an earth cycle of transition. I don't want to be carboned taxed to death. I say Gore should not profit from this at all. |
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| jerry |
May 28, 2008 07:43:04 |
Three Government web sits, claim the earth cooled off one degree last year. Go to NASA web site enter cycle 25. Then go to national geographic on cable watch sun force. The sun is greater than any man made global warming. NASA can go back thousands of years in solar sun spots history. This effects little ice ages by the amount of uv rays.
The sun during little ice age had very little sun spots. Will our climate started the same thing last year, dropping the whole earth one degree.
If this cooling is the same this year, We are in a Al Gore little ice age. |
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| Bazza |
May 26, 2008 15:35:55 |
| There is more "Global Warming" caused by the hot air coming out of Al Gore's mouth and all the other socialists/collectivists and media knobheads than there is cased by the actions of mankind. NO ONE is more of an environmentalist than I am: I live in the Houma, Louisiana area and hunt, fish and keep a small plot to grow veggies. I see every time I am on a bayou or in the woods or a marsh hunting or fishing the beauty of God's creation. We are called by God to be stewards of this great gift, and not be intimidated or hoodwinked by the socialists and the leftists. |
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| Bernie |
May 20, 2008 21:20:04 |
| Global Warming can be likened to the Population Explosion scare of my college years. God Fear is all that this world needs. Luckily, God is not just All Justice but also All Merciful. Let us just clean up our act and our part of this world. Let us also count our blessing. Ergo, why is Greenland all ice? |
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| Denise |
May 20, 2008 13:53:54 |
I get see red each and everytime I see ANYTHING about being 'green'. I'm not a scientist--and I don't play one on TV--but this is utterly ridiculous! Come on people--get back into your scriptures! Man knows NOT the day or the hour. This is a world-emcompassing power grab. We are to be good stewards of this earth--but you sell short our Creator to believe that we (Remember man that you are dust...) could possibly create such havoc in our universe. Fools gold.
Note to Jeremy...you must be the life of the party...YIKES! |
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| sandi |
May 19, 2008 20:21:32 |
| Cristina - Daniel is right - the hoax was perpetrated by al gore - and as far as thousands of scientists "colluding" - they rake in big grants for their "studies" - it keeps them in the money - and by the way - thousands more well respected scientists have stated that the manmade global warming fear has no basis. |
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| sandi |
May 19, 2008 20:17:24 |
| It will be the middle class and poor who will suffer at the hands of congress - no one sacrifices more than us - we hang our clothes on the line to airdry - we ride buses or bikes to work because we cannot afford cars - we do not have air conditioners - those who seek to pass bogus legislation are the true violaters - global warming is a hoax being pulled on the world to allow others to bask in selfinduced glory |
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| Jeremy |
May 19, 2008 12:43:27 |
| I am not Catholic nor do I wish to be. I do have an uncanny abillity to forsee things as well as peoples sins. I suppose you could say I know the hearts of men. Here are a few bits of information. Global warming will only get worse as natural cycles have been awakened that will compound the problems with greenhouse gasses. Famine, Flood, Fire, and war will be daily occurences. There will come a time where people slaughter one another for resources as basic as water. Disease will envelope the Globe so yes the Revelations are upon the world. Legislation will not help prevent the end of days. |
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| Debbie |
May 19, 2008 00:35:14 |
| Yes, I agree that we are facing the Global Warming at this time. I have a suggestion that we choose to reduce on using Air Conditioner in every place, avoid to build more malls and high rise building. Increase to plant the trees around our home areas and roads. Try the best thing to save our planet. We are entering the Revelations applied.Keep faith that Our Lord value of our effort to protect His Creation. In other words, let him to show His Power into our world. We will see who is greedy and who is keep faith on Him. |
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| Jen |
May 11, 2008 22:07:10 |
| I stand with those who question the assumptions and "science" behind the theory. I am afraid it is all about politics and power. What irks me most (reminds me of militant atheistic evolutionists), is they are dismissive of scientific evidence that would allow reasonable people to disagree...it is another sacred cow for the "gate keepers" and elites in this country and around the world. They try to make people who disagree look like fools. |
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| Bob |
May 11, 2008 10:18:16 |
| For centuries, the world has warmed and cooled. Earth has had ice age after ice age, yet warming ended these ice ages. No machines, no manmade pollutants, no cars, no carbon spewing devices thousands of years prior to the industrial revolution yet the earth still warmed. So man did not cause these global warmings. What makes you fools think anything is differant now? Besides, what do you want now? Global cooling? Another ice age? Nah, just social control of every freedom man now has. |
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| Ernesto |
May 9, 2008 13:42:52 |
| I don't feel hot. Do you? |
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| jerry |
May 9, 2008 07:51:10 |
The people who founded nature worship travel around the world. term like Mother earth and terms. From the dust of thousands of years ago.
What is in common with this worship. People are second place to nature worship. Go back millions of years to massive cool downs. One is the South Pole was tropical in climate. A massive cool down set in. Tons of snow fell on top of the tropic plants.
If you dig under the glaciers of the South Pole you will find tropical plants.
The earth fell one degree over the whole world last year.This started with the sun exploding and now the earth is turning colder.
In the last little ice age it a started with a lot of rain. If the world trys to predict global warming or cooling. Like rolling dice, you may end up with a set of box cars. |
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| thomas |
May 8, 2008 16:47:14 |
| Drill. Refine. Grow. Be fruitful and multiply.
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| Thomas |
May 8, 2008 16:44:28 |
| Drill the oil we have, refine more oil, search for more oil. Stop subsidizing food for fuel, which starves poor people. THEN look for alternative fuel. US production: 1984, 9 million barrels. 2008, 5 million barrels. WE ARE NOT THE PROBLEM.
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| Ed |
May 5, 2008 12:51:42 |
| More study to prove that global warming exists. |
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| cristina |
May 5, 2008 11:20:25 |
Daniel,
A hoax is defined as "an act intended to deceive or trick". Can you explain to me why thousands of respectable scientists from countless different universities, research institutes, NASA, etc have (according to you) colluded to create this fraud? How are they exactly benefiting? because, you must concede the point that frauds have a goal. In other words, cui bono? Who benefits from this elaborate international conspiracy?
Your proposition is simply ridiculous.
To me, to just blurt out a statement like yours (oh and the ALL CAPS) without any supporting evidence or rational, is well, NOT WISE. |
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| daniel |
May 4, 2008 07:03:45 |
| I THINK GLOBAL WARMING IS A HOAX. |
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| cristina |
May 2, 2008 08:13:52 |
| I find amazing that so many of the respondents dismiss global warming as 'bad science'. It is not, please face it. It is the result of international collaboration of scientists, space agencies and universities. It is of an extreme arrogance and ignorance to dismiss it. It is also dangerous. Whether you subscribe to religious ideas or not, it is clear that we humans are in charge of this planet and bear responsibility for providing an unselfish stewardship. If you believe God gave us this home, why would you refuse to take care of it? |
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| Mike |
May 1, 2008 16:26:04 |
| NOTHING!! Global warming is not man-made in the first place. Moderation, take care of our planet but stay away from AGW. |
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| jackie |
April 30, 2008 10:13:28 |
| I too do not believe in the so called global warming theory! But I also believe we all should do any and every thing we can to conserve. Key word "Moderation" |
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| John |
April 23, 2008 09:24:22 |
| The global warming issue is a farce. Not only should there be no legislation, but some scientists should have their degrees revoked for spreading such 'junk' science. |
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| Steve |
April 21, 2008 21:53:52 |
| - Global warming stopped in 1998. Since then, there as been a cooling trend. This shows a negative correlation with CO2.
- Solar cycle was shown by Danish researchers to have a stronger correlation with global temperature than CO2. They predicted the current decrease in global temperature based on solar cycles. Every computer "model" that "proves" CO2 causes global warming has failed to predict. In science, we when a model fails to predict, it is rejected.
- The Red Chinese Army will be trillions of dollars richer should we enact this legislation.
- Remember the Budhist Nun scandal some 10 years or so ago? Who got caught with $100,000 of Red Chinese Army money? Al Gore.
- CO2 doesn't cause the warming. Most likely it has to do with cosmic rays.
- We didn't even cause the CO2. The ice core data shows tha the CO2 is caused by the warming, not the other way around. The physics is such that a warmer earth favors a shift in equilbrium from carbonate rock to ocean CO2, and from ocean CO2 to the atmosphere. CO2 released from carbonate rock is sequestered carbon, just like that from fossile fuels.
- We don't even know if the warming is a bad thing. The earth was warmer during the medieval period, and Europe prospered. |
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| meb |
April 21, 2008 05:34:12 |
| let us learn to simplify things....lets start from our homes... conserve and preserve what is left around...plant more tress around vacant yard,plant flowers ,segregate garbages ,recycle....try avoiding use of plastics,stop buying more unuseful gadgets.....learn to live simplier lives..do not buy the products from companies who claim that they are concern with GW but in actuality is one of the contributor to the GW...hey wake up!..do not just let your mouth speak but do something today....it is your time to start....at home.... |
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| robert |
April 20, 2008 22:13:43 |
| stay away from this un left wing plot to get world governance. not valid science. |
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| Herm |
April 18, 2008 13:00:16 |
| Global warming is a natural condition that Al Gore wants to blame on human beings. He is a non scientist who thinks he is one. Hundreds of scientists have spoken about the truth of global warming. God bless |
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| Dan |
April 15, 2008 08:23:54 |
| Ii would like the Congress to slow down and examine the Science behind the claims. The exagerated claims as to the real extent of the warming cycle and the hyped effects on the globe should give everyone pause. The solution to a problem is in a deliberate and measured response. The first deliberate step should to verify the hypothesis. |
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| Harold |
April 14, 2008 12:57:59 |
| I believe the concept of global warming is a myth. Back in the 1970's the cry was about global cooling. We were having unusually cold temperature and the so-called environmentalists were screaming that the world would be ending in about 10 or 20 years because the world is heading to another ice age. Then the temperatures went the other way and the global cooling crowd began saying that when they called it global cooling they misspoke and meant to say global warming and denied saying anything about going into another ice age. Man does less to the ozone than nature does. Plus, the ozone is constantly repairing itself. There is no global warming or global cooling just people like Al Gore who make things up and have no idea what they are talking about. |
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| John |
April 13, 2008 14:06:58 |
To all those who do not believe that man can control the climate:
When you look at satellite photos where smoke stacks can be seen pouring out dirt into the atmosphere, a smart person would think about how many of these there are, how many tens of thousands of other plants pouring out unseen gasses, and how many automobiles cover the earth pouring out exhaust 24/7. These are chemistry experiments in climate modification. If you look at other satellite photos, you can actually see how thin the atmosphere is. And we live in a thinner strip of atmosphere at the bottom of that.
We don't get heat from the sun. If we did, as we climbed higher in the atmosphere, closer to the sun than the ground, it would get warmer. It doesn't. The temperature of the sky outside a jet is about 50 degrees below zero. We get light from the sun, some of which warms the earth when it hits. You feel this when you walk across asphalt on a very sunny day. All that junk that we put into the atmosphere 24/7, worldwide, blocks the light that bounces off the earth so it can't escape back to space. When it hits the ground again, it creates more heat. That's called the greenhouse effect; and that's how green houses work, to get warmer.
And that's only part of the problem. God gave you all brains. Don't read a 2000 year old book to get the work of modern man. Read a more recent one. Get your inspiration and love from that old book, but it's like that old joke: A man was stuck on a roof after a flood. He knew God would save him. The storm got worse and a man in a boat came by, but he said,"God will save me, I don't need your boat." It got worse again and a helicopter came to rescue him. He said, "God will save me, I don't need your helicopter." And the storm got worse and he drowned. He met God and asked, "God, why did you let me die. Why didn't you save me?" God replied, "I sent you a boat and a helicopter, what more help did you need?"
Have you ever thought that God may be sending us a sign that we need to help ourselves right now?
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| Justin |
April 13, 2008 09:48:33 |
| The issue in the Global Warming debate is not whether or not the earth;s temperature is rising or not... That is fact. The issue is whether man is causing the warming. Sure CO2 can cause the earth to warm, that's basic science, so can water vapor. But I do not believe that man can cause the catastrophic death of the earth! Al Gore has no science behind his "global warming!" The truth is that there are so many real crisis' like abortion, death penalty, hunger, poverty, than this hoax called man made global warming. |
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| John |
April 13, 2008 08:26:13 |
| NOTHING!! Global warming is not man-made in the first place. Secondly, China and India are causing far more problems that we would be able to counter. We need to listen to the calmer heads in this contrived whirlwind that is designed to make money for "the chosen few" at the expense of the majority of hard working people in the world. Stop Global Whining!!! |
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| Veryl |
April 12, 2008 07:34:27 |
| Grandstanding to keep Gore and Hollywood supporters names in the news where they would otherwise slip off in a faint history. No supportive science. Where they point at ice caps melting there are other places more frozen or that have had snow for the first time etc.etc. They are hipocrit's consuming more energy in their mansions than all of us together. |
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| Ryan |
April 7, 2008 13:03:38 |
| The science does not back it, the consenus has proven to be non-existent further more professors are threatened to teach global warming, including some of my own. For Catholics, we must look to true environmental policy not new 'green' marketing and look to the Bible. Gore is no more than a false prophet of a false 'green' religion and we cannot tolerate is Hitler-style preaching in our schools and to our children. Please take a stand against this! |
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| Michael |
April 7, 2008 11:01:58 |
| Just another scam for the political elite to suck more taxes out of us. Jesus said there will be a new heaven and earth. Globalist sceme one world dictatorship by anti-christ. |
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| Eddie |
April 6, 2008 09:51:39 |
Anything we can do to protect our given gift of the environment is good stuff. Climate Change is just on part of the future we leave for our children. We use to be able to clam in the shallow waters near my home. Now people wouldn't eat a clam from these waters if we were even allowed to dig for them.
Environmental Impact is real regardless of political affiliation.
Every bit counts!
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| Dan |
April 4, 2008 02:32:26 |
| It's a scam. |
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| bean |
March 25, 2008 12:52:26 |
| I believe slowly we are heading for global warming which I believe will lead to an ice age , either way .cleaning up our act in what ever way the earth is heading is a good thing . The earth is billions of years old and our weather is unusual at this time -- for in the big picture it is a known fact that our earth is usually in ice .. for the last maybe 5 thousand years or more we have had good weather ---scientists have study the ice in Arctic and found that earth is having some warm weather in the last 5 thousand years , but at any time it could turn around as short as in 10 years ,they have discovered we could just slip into earths natural weather which is ice .. why should we add to what most likely will eventually happen here .. everyone get a grip , I have kids I don't want them to have to deal with this---- which we did nothing about global warming --some believe leads to an ice age ..and the earths history has been in ice more then not . the future is unknown but if I could change how humans have dumped on the world I would do what ever to help stop it |
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| Michael |
March 25, 2008 12:33:52 |
| I believe in being a good Sheppard of the Earth but the idea that humans can influence the global climate is bunk and has nothing to do with pollution. Those that buy these ideas have never driven across country or traveled across the Pacific Ocean on a ship and seen the enormity of the Earth. Seeing how big this planet really is and then seeing how small a pocket of air around a metropolitan area really is and how is clears right up as soon as you get out of the city you will see that the Earth fixes itself, be it air or sea. In 1992, Mount Pinatubo exploded in the Philippines and scientist said the amount of green house gases that were expelled during that eruption was equal to all the green house gases produced by man made pollution since the beginning of the industrial revolution (1825). Consider that was one volcanic eruption and there are volcanoes all over the Earth that have been erupting since the dawn of time. Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has been erupting continuously since 1972 and no one is complaining about the green house gases that is expelling. Of course there is nothing that any one can do about Kilauea but it is also not necessary. I do not advocate being obtuse about pollution. I remember when I was a kid and the rivers, lakes and streams in the US and around the world were intensely polluted and needed to be addressed. We did that and now the rivers and streams are looking pretty good. I love to hunt and fish and that is pretty important to me. I just don't believe in alarmism or junk science. |
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| Colin |
March 24, 2008 23:28:54 |
BRING ON THE HEAT!!!!! I loved Al Gore's comedy movie!!!
In simplist form heat is good for the earth. Check any physical geography science text book. Without heat there would be no trees, rain, snow, glaciation, etc. Heat creates plant life. Heat produces rain. Heat produces snow... YES SNOW, and yes through all that heat, rain, and snow it produces glaciation.
Human impact to global warming is absolutely minimal. The amount of 'greenhouse gases' produced by humans including the industrial revolution is a drop in the bucket compared to the amount that the eruption of Mt. St. Helens emitted. Just one of the many volcano eruptions that happens each year.
Human nature wants to control everything and give reason to everything. The earth is billions of years old and most studies are only a couple of hundred years old. When will man realize how truly small we are??
I firmly agree we need to look after our planet and find the best ways to be eco friendly, but to create hysteria is rediculous. All of us will be 'dust' and the earth will still march on.
I'll see you all on the beach and in the snow :)
My eternal love to my lord!! |
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| Dave |
March 23, 2008 23:16:41 |
| GW is dead. See your gas bill and believe. |
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| Matt |
March 23, 2008 10:53:31 |
| I think global climate change is one of the defining political issues of our faith. We are called to be good shepherds of our temples, whether they be our bodies, or our parishes and communities or our planet. We must leave God's creation better than we've found it. Not doing so only favors certain powerful corporations and other interests, to the detriment of this and all future generations of God's people. |
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| Julia |
March 22, 2008 11:59:11 |
| These remarks remind me of how Galileo's ideas were first received, and how he was condemned by our Church. Wouldn't it be better to open our minds, listen to scientists, and help protect the world that is God's wonderful gift to humankind? |
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| Richard |
March 20, 2008 22:44:09 |
| Global warming it's only been the coldest winter in 300 hundred years. And they call it warming! Al Gore and all the others would love your money in higher tax's and energy cost. Man can't change the weather that much that the world would change. It's all about $$$$. Talk about pure hysteria. But people are falling for it, that the worst thing Thanks big Al.
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| lydia |
March 20, 2008 12:23:07 |
| Global warming- The last great hope of those who want to destroy capitalism. |
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| fred |
March 17, 2008 11:53:57 |
| This winter I was looking for that global warming and you can never find it when you want it. |
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| bonne |
March 15, 2008 05:48:45 |
| Man doesn't and isn't capable to control climate.
It is the Eternal One, Who controls the heat and the cold (Hiob 37). Alleging, that we, humans, could stop global warming is blasphemy. Or alleging that we, humans could stop either global cooling, whatever comes first. The last verse of Hiob 37 applies for Al Gore and his howlers. |
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| Keith |
March 11, 2008 22:16:41 |
| Global warming is a bunch of BS. The U.N. is already trying to get funding for something that doesn't exist. They are looking in the trillion area. |
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| Joe |
March 11, 2008 16:38:49 |
| I believe that global warming is not a 'critical' issue that needs to resolved by harsh laws that take away our freedom and liberty. We have the choice to take responsibility for our actions and prevent global warming. As Catholics we are called to be stewards of what God has given us. The way the laws are being set up under 'environmental saving' are the start of a social/communist view that entraps one to government and loss of freedom. Throwing money at the problem and forced laws are not the way to solve this 'issue.' |
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| Bill |
March 11, 2008 09:13:10 |
The issue of "Man Made Global Warming" is science and not religion or politics, which Al Gore and his followers would like you to believe. This is "science" and therefore the debate is not over. There is too much evidence to the contrary to pull the plug on debate. It is the arrogance of those who follow like sheep on this issue that makes them think that they can control the weather. Who decides what the temperature of the earth should be? If you applied the use of the Scientific Method in this debate you would be unable to prove that man made global warming exists. Unfortunately the main stream media, along with certain powerful politicians and others, have an agenda, the agenda being to control more and more of our lives. For those in the science community it is their paycheck. Unfortunately the public does not do their homework when it comes to challanging those proponents of anthropogenic global warming and accepts everything the main stream media tells them as unbiased fact. They need to check out web sites like Junkscience.com and see the other side of this science. The politicians in both political parties who are falling prey to this hoax are simply trying to be politically correct so as to not offend their misinformed constituants. Too much of this issue is based on inaccurate and inconsistent climate models and thus create a "climate of fear" with their highly inflated projected temperatures and sea levels.
Mr. Gore, so far, has refused to actually debate this topic. I wonder why.
We do not have a "planet emergency" but we do need more long term studies before we bankrupt this country by spending money on programs that do absolutely nothing to control the earths temperature. |
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| Michael |
March 3, 2008 11:40:47 |
| Dirty earth and air could cause many problems including many diseases that we could not solve. Animals, insects, plants and others would be gone. |
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| Matt |
March 1, 2008 18:48:20 |
| I would like them to stop wasting any more time on this so-called crisis. The current research indicates that there is no such thing as man-made global warming. Rather, there is a natural cycle of the Earth warming and cooling based on the Sun's solar activity. All of the signs that were used to demonstrate that global warming was taking place have all reversed this year due to an extremely cold winter. |
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| john |
March 1, 2008 03:24:16 |
| it has been said by many ....global warming is a crock!!!! 400 scientists are meeting who agree and their conclusion should be as valid as , say. the expert al gore...what a hoax!!!! |
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| Anthony |
March 1, 2008 00:02:06 |
| This planet has been altered by man since the Industrial Revolution. Roger, why don't you stick your mouth on the back of a muffler of a car while it is running. Ignorance if beliveing that "human" is innocent of emitting green house gases into the atmosphere. They way the earth is warming naturally and by the rapid rate of "human" caused Carbon dioxide; the earth is radically be altered from it's natural process or cycle.
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| Roger |
February 28, 2008 15:06:39 |
| Yes, the planet is a precious gift which should be taken care of. However, Pope Benedict has stated that the current frenzy over global warming is purely used to get votes for politicians. If we believe that we as humans can cause global warming, we have neglected the power of nature and the fact that GLOBAL WARMING IS A NATURAL PROCESS OF THE EARTH AND NOT CAUSED BY HUMANS. We should find alternate sources of fuel because fossil fuels are running low, but not because we are destroying the earth. If you buy into this then you are all ignorant fools. |
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| Marc |
February 27, 2008 12:57:45 |
The planet is out most precious possession, given to us by God. It's our responsibility to look after it, but so far we've been reckless and abusive with its resources and ecosystems. We need to change our ways now, before it's too late!
The United States, being perhaps the most powerful nation in the World, should be leading the way in finding cleaner power sources and cleaning up our environment. Petrol and diesel fuels need to be replaced by alternatives such as hydrogen, the cleanest fuel possible (its product being pure water).
If we don't act soon, the costs will be enormously greater in years to come when it's too late. |
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| Stíofán |
February 21, 2008 11:03:24 |
“Pollution of air and water threaten more and more the delicate balance of the biosphere on which present and future generations depend and makes us realize that we all share a common ecological environment.”
Pope John Paul II the Great
You see, even our late pope realised the detriment that we have caused our environment. No matter how you slice it, whether you believe in global climate change or not, we are harming our environment in many, many ways. We don't even need to go as far as talking about global climate change to realise that we must address our environmental degradation. The 1970s was a very positive era, but since the 1980s we have stopped caring. Environmental regulation and responsibility has almost completely peaked. We must do everything we can to protect the environment for our children. Any Catholic who does not support environmentalism is in a grave state of denial and not in line with Church teaching on the environment--Eden.
It is clear, we must treat God's Creation the same way we would with human life. I think what this comes down to is that many of you are politically blind. You've used ideology to block out the Truth. One must first look at our world and at what the Church teaches and then and only then formulate a political statement or belief. Otherwise what you are simply doing is listening to what other groups of people are saying without internalising the realities.
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| Aaron |
February 15, 2008 14:28:06 |
| I think the media should stop being completely one sided on this issue. You ask a GW supporter what the evidence is and the arguements on the other side, you will draw a blank stare. They don't know, and neither does Al Gore, he's found his money maker and attention getter, and he's going to exploit it. Read "Unstoppable Global Warming", it's very insightful. |
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| john |
February 12, 2008 13:45:58 |
| honesty...present both sides ie.. the Artic is losing ice, the Antarctic is growing
admit that science is not whats involved here...its about control! |
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| Melanie |
February 11, 2008 09:21:27 |
| As catholics, we are given the the duty to steward and protect this wonderful gift, earth. Our greed and our desire for convenience should never take precedence over our responsibility to safeguard this planet and all of god's creatures. |
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| Anthony |
February 9, 2008 10:51:17 |
| This earth has cycles larger than the yearly seasons. There are records of climate change before the Industrial Revolution. We have pollluted our earth but I beleive our effect is imeasurable compared to natural causes. Solar activity is not as steady as many assume, sunspots emmit more uv radiation which will heat the earth and these ar erratic and unpredictable. |
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| Dennis |
February 8, 2008 20:11:55 |
| In this day and age, everyone thinks they have to be able to explain everything. The climate has changed since God created the earth. Have humans affected the rate of change? Maybe. But how much? Is it measurable? Are "end of the world" radicals playing this to their advantage? Most definitely. Carbon Credits? Give me a break. |
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| john |
February 8, 2008 14:39:34 |
| This seems to be a new religion to take away our freedoms and make a lot of people rich, this whole thing is a hoax so the government can control our lives. Now the science is saying we are in global cooling,and alternate energy is causing more global warming, leave it to the scientists not the government. |
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| Franco |
February 8, 2008 04:47:33 |
| Scientists aren't risk takers, Politicians are. Politicians are concerned about now, not later, especially when it comes to their terms in office. Scientists have nothing to hide and no reason to lie, politicians do. The pass the buck mentality is rampant; that being said, during our life time we hear the terms "Global Warming, Green House Effect, Polar Ice Melting". During our children's lives they will hear terms such as drought, extinction, global emergency. During their children's time it will be common place to only have polar bears living in Zoos, and to have increasing flooding in coastal cities. I pray we don't destroy this Eden that God has created for us. |
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| Noël |
February 7, 2008 09:39:10 |
| It would be a big step forward if the United States and Europe will work together do develop biological gasoline and of course an engine. |
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| Budot |
January 21, 2008 15:54:43 |
| The immediate concern i ought to suggest would to be that congress should addressed and press the government even harder so that kyoto protocal be rectified. Otherwise what is being behind the curtain?. Climate change is real, it has already occured in Indonesia, where thousand of people were killed by the Tsunami, hundreds if not thousands perished due to harricane Katrina, and many other instances of floods and droughts taking place in the African content. Some thing must be done and it should be done starting with United States, the super power of the world, if the dangers of global warming are to be lessen. Iam a graduate student of public administration in U.S.A. |
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| Michael |
January 17, 2008 09:56:43 |
| I don't believe we need legislation to address global warming as I don't believe we have a global warming issue. The planet is, no doubt, warming. I believe everything I have ever learned about the evironment is a complete reputiation of the concept that human activity could change global temperatures. This concept has been passed off as science but cannot pass the common sense test. There are many professors and scholars that disagree with this concept but for some reason there is a group of people that insist that it is human activity that is changing the global temperature. The planet has experienced ice ages and warming cycles since the dawn of time. Why is this cycle any different than any of the others the Earth has experience in all those years. There was a bunch of kooks back in the 70's saying that by the end of the 80's we would all be wearing gas masks because of air pollution. I thought it was bunk then and think this stuff is much the same. I have lived on the the water for the past 20 years and our shore line has not moved a bit. The polar ice pack has shrunk back thousands of miles and my shore line has not moved. If the ice in your glass melts, you glass does not over flow because the ice displaced the water before it melted. I think a lot of the believers of this stuff have never left the city. They should drive across the country and see how big it is. I spent 24 years in the Navy and drove many times around the Earth and the shear massive size of the oceans with crystal clean water and perfectly clean air. I think many people can't get their arms around how big this planet is and relatively small the urban areas with significant pollution are. Additionally, these plans to "fix" the problem by applying restriction on America. The United States is one of THE CLEANEST countries in the world. I have seen it first hand. |
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| Sandi |
January 16, 2008 09:56:33 |
I would like to see that policy makers and the public are educated about the facts about Climate Change.
Please see the following site "The Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change http://www.ipcc.ch/about/index.htm, which is based on unbiased scientist findings about Climate Change. "The IPCC was established to provide the decision-makers and others interested in climate change with an objective source of information about climate change. The IPCC does not conduct any research nor does it monitor climate related data or parameters. Its role is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the latest scientific, technical and socio-economic literature produced worldwide relevant to the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change, its observed and projected impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. IPCC reports should be neutral with respect to policy, although they need to deal objectively with policy relevant scientific, technical and socio economic factors. They should be of high scientific and technical standards, and aim to reflect a range of views, expertise and wide geographical coverage (http://www.ipcc.ch/about/index.htm, 1/16/07)."
According to the The UNFCCC Website, http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, "Some scientists have doubted the scientific basis of the Kyoto Protocol, claiming that there is not a clear connection between increases in GHG emissions and climate change. The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), launched in the course of 2007, put an end to that discussion. Prepared by scientists from all over the world, it placed the reality of human-induced climate change beyond any doubt. It is politically significant that governments endorsed the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report by consensus, making it a solid foundation for sound political decision-making (http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php, 1/16/07)."
One may read the text of the Kyoto Protocol at
http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php (1/16/07).
The Environmental Literacy Council site at http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/278.html
has further information on the Kyoto Protocol and Climate Change.
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| Eunice |
January 11, 2008 17:56:09 |
| I would like to see "qualified"scientists opinion explored as to the facts of"who" or" what" is the cause of global warming before emission restrictions are enforced. I think the talk about the credit or transfer of carbon footprints is cause to think the issue isa more political than
realistic search for a solution - if unbiased research shows global warming is caused only by our lifestyle. |
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| Sandi |
January 1, 2008 12:57:59 |
| Bill indicated on 12/21/07 the same mistaken belief that I heard on talk radio 1/31/07 that Global Warming is a liberal left concept. Having been a biology student and secondary life science teaching student as of 2005 and a Catholic, I disagree because in the biology, earth and astronomy science classes I've completed at the college and university level, I've learned that global warming is understood by scientists as a theory based on masses of scientific evidence, taken by independent scientists and others who statistically calculated their data and had their data and statistics examined by other scientists who found it sound. Global warming is not a political argument but a scientific argument. As a Catholic, I am supported by Catholic Social Teaching that requires us to support the common good of ALL people and act in ways that protect our environment and the people and living creates God created. This includes reducing greenhouse gases and thus global warming by turning to renewable, sustainable energy sources such as solar, wind and water sources and other alternatives such as hydrogen fuel cell automobile sources. As Catholics we are called to protect God's creation for it is good. |
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| Bill |
December 21, 2007 07:49:01 |
| Global warming is just one more attempt by the flaming liberal left (NAZI) Democrats to shove their hatred of the liberty given in the U.S. Constitution for normal Americans to think and act for themselves. Just look who is behind it all. Gore, Boxer, Finestine, Etal. These are the people who would run your lives on a day to day basis from Washington D.C. if they could. They don't we can run our own lives, but need their direction! I would not believe anything they say. If they said the sky was blue I would look out side before I would believe Them. |
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| susan |
December 18, 2007 17:43:28 |
| I think people should remember the whole "Global Warming" thing is just theory. Remember it is NOT proven yet. Yes I think it would be great if people start taking responsiblilty with the care of the earth but don't make it a law to recycle! It seems to me it is almost turning into a religion-Remember church and state there is a separation. Some of the older folks out there may remember the "Global Cooldown" in the 70's. So why do people take THEORIES as Gospel is beyond me. If you have a fact no one believes but theories are another thing. The sky is not falling so quit it already! |
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| Francis |
December 16, 2007 23:09:41 |
| The global warming is a theory,however, i believed that people should pay more attention to what going on now. The masive ice ages are melting and islands in the Pacific Ocean are sinking. |
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| Steve |
December 13, 2007 17:43:06 |
| We are not teaching, or learning world history any more, or more people would realize how the same people 15, or less, years ago were sure we were entering a new minor ice-age and were preaching the same doom and gloom. It's all about the "Jim Jones syndrome" as far as I can tell at this point. Wise up and be a good stuard of all God has given each of us, DON'T GIVE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS MORE POWER OVER OUR LIVES. |
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| James |
December 5, 2007 21:05:57 |
| Global warming that is leading to climate change and destruction of habitats around the world is real. Global warming, tropical rainforest deforestation, oil spils and many other enviormental disturbances are direct consequences of human activity. We have an obligation to use what God has given us responsibly and respectfully. God has filled our world with an abundance of specialized habitats and species, both plant and animal that are paramount to finding new and amazing ways to improve our lives. Cures to existing diseases , new forms of energy etc. We need to protect what is left of any and all unique and prestine enviornments and see the true value in them. I am confident that we as servants of God will do what is just, and do what we can to be enviornmentaly conscience as we are of all things. |
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| john |
December 5, 2007 04:20:13 |
| In the 1970s it was global cooling that was the big issue now its global warming I think this is just another way the socialists in congress want to gain more control over our lives. It seems the only story we have heard is mr. gores why can't we hear the other side of the story? it seems those scientists have been not been able to give their side. |
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| Larry |
December 2, 2007 02:33:44 |
Global warming is really happening on Earth... And it's really happening on Mars. It's cyclical, and it's primarily driven by solar cycles. The Weather Channel founder recently said the man-made global warming "science" is a scam. He's not the first climatologist to call it what it is.
I'm all for finding alternative sources of energy, and keeping pollution to a minimum, but not because of the global warming scare. There are plenty of valid reasons for doing so without creating a fictitious crisis. I also concur with another poster who said Congress needs to prove they can fix "simpler" problems, instead of trying to control the temperature of the Earth.
C'mon, let's spend our time, effort and money on real, solvable problems. |
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| Theresa |
November 29, 2007 17:15:22 |
The earth does go through natural cycles of warming and cooling (as Bob and Clint say). However, the human-induced change in the composition of the atmosphere (increased CO2) is beyond what is seen in the recorded history of the earth (paleoclimatic record extending 650,000 yrs). The human race is not being a good steward of this amazing planet God created and certainly not treating the planet with respect (and I'm certain not part of God's plan for Earth).
When it comes to forces legislation, I am torn. I do not like "the government" dictating my life, especially because their "solution" or approaches are largely ineffective. But will we collectively do what is good for the planet without political "motivation"? |
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| Bob |
November 24, 2007 16:49:56 |
| The warming of the earth is a natural thing. Sure we may be speeding it up but I think they are making it worse than it is. And what's with these carbon vouchers? Sounds like a load of you know what to me. |
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| Kevin |
November 23, 2007 05:02:10 |
| I think Global Warming is real and is happening now. How we are affecting this process, I am not sure. We know the earth has always gone through cycles of change....and apparently that is part of God's plan. Should we panic? No. Leave it up to God. Should we be responsible and take care of the earth ....(recycle, etc)...yes. As Catholics, we need to take responsibility ....take care of each other and the earth. |
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| Clint |
November 21, 2007 13:34:35 |
| Here is the way I see it. We know that the earth goes through cycles of warming and cooling. We do not know for certain that man is causing the current warming trend. And please don't tell me anything about scientific consensus. Since when is a bunch of people saying "Because I said so" considered science? So, trying to keep the earth from warming when it should be warming would be going against God's will. Let's keep the earth clean. Let's look for a cleaner source of fuel not because it is the political "it" thing of the month, but because it is the responsible thing for Christians to do. |
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| Brett |
November 20, 2007 19:59:40 |
| I am saddened that so many Catholics seem to reject the science of global warming. I am not sure what they think the vast majority of the world's scientists have to gain by pulling off such a huge scam. As far as I can tell, our treatment of the world God has given us is an integral part of a gospel of life. We don't need to pretend that because the right-wing has the abortion question right that conservative politicians are necessarily in line with our Catholic faith on other issues. Catholicism teaches respect for creation. When lack of attention to this important question can lead to the suffering and death of millions of human persons we need to take the same kind of stand we take on other life issues. |
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| Steve |
November 14, 2007 16:53:32 |
| Before they tackle global warming, I'd like to see congress accomplish something more mundane like balancing the budget or social security's finances. I don't believe anything significant can be done to slow global warming and the entire issue is a political fraud against industry. |
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